Sunday 1 May
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Oshtoora Festival
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Oshtoora music and arts festival. Read more here.
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Qaroun Lake, Fayoum
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Carnival
CAIRO
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Cairo Carnival Spring ‘16
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Family Park, El-Rehab city, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo
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Music
6pm
CAIRO
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Black Theama Spring concert
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai, performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments.
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Beit Al-Sehemi,
Al-Gamaliya, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Muaaz Street, Cairo
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Wellbeing seminar
6pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Yoga workshop. The event is part of the India by the Nile festival which runs between 23 April and 7 May
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Theatre performance brought by Al-Qobbari Cultural Palace between 1-4 May
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Alice in Wonderland (Photo: fragment from the event's promotional material)
Monday 2 May
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Oshtoora Festival
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Oshtoora music and arts festival. Read more here.
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Qaroun Lake, Fayoum
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Music
3pm-12am
CAIRO
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Music day featuring famed Egyptian singer Mohamed Mounir as well as performances by different bands and DJ (yet to be announced).
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Smart Village Conference Center, 6th of October, Cairo
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Music/Dance
9pm
CAIRO
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Zikr and Sufi night
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
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Music/Dance
9.30pm
CAIRO
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El-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music.
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El-Ghouri Caravansary, Mohamed Abdou Street, off El-Moaz Street and Al-Azhar Street, Old Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Theatre performance brought by Al-Qobbari Cultural Palace between 1-4 May
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Dance
8pm
PORT SAID
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Ports Said cultural palace, Port Said
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Hs Hs Clowns (Photo: Hs Hs Clowns facebook event)
Tuesday 3 May
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Film
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Man Without a Past (Aki Kaurismaki, 2002) as part of ADEF DECA’s May programme.
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Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF), 143 Street, #8, Muqattam, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Violin recital by Hossam Shehata
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Small Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Moroccan musician Mehdi Nassouli
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El-Geneina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo.
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Music/Dance
9pm
CAIRO
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Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha present traditional music of the Nile Delta; Nubian Fadeka, traditional Sudanese music and songs, Al-Jaafra music from Aswan; and traditional music from Eritrea.
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Theatre performance brought by Al-Qobbari Cultural Palace between 1-4 May
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Dance/Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Sayed Darwish Theatre (Alexandria Opera House), Alexandria
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Mehdi Nassouli (Photo: El-Genaina Theatre's promotional material)
Wednesday 4 May
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Exhibition opening
7pm
CAIRO
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Allegories, a solo exhibition by Akram Fadl. The exhibition will run until 22 May.
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Nile Art Gallery, 14 El-Montazah Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Singing recital by Karma and Hossam
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Arab Music Institute, 22 Ramsis St, Cairo
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Music/Dance
9pm
CAIRO
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Zar music and songs by Mazaher, featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab.
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
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Music/Dance
9.30pm
CAIRO
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El-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music.
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El-Ghouri Caravansary, Mohamed Abdou Street, off El-Moaz Street and Al-Azhar Street, Old Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Theatre performance
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Dance/Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Sayed Darwish Theatre (Alexandria Opera House), Alexandria
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Dance
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Alice in Wonderland -- Choreography and Staging: Lucien Arino and Georgia Moffa
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexndria
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Dance
8pm
ISMAILIA
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Ismailia cultural palace, Ismailia
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Oshtoora festival runs until 2 May (Photo: Nada Elissa, courtesy of Oshtoora)
Thursday 5 May
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Children Theatre
6pm and 8pm
CAIRO
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Puppet theatre: Swan Lake, directed by Shoukri Abdallah
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Event titled Classics from Near and Far will feature Cairo Guitar Collective performing works by Tito Puente, Rahbani Brothers (Fairouz), Sayed Darwish, Domenico Scarlatti and more
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Ewart Memorial Hall, AUC Downtown, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Organ music: Organist Marie Sophie Goltz will play works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Max Reger.
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German church in Boulak, Galaa street, next to Al Ahram building. Downtown. Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Piano recital by Amany Mounir and Omnia Ezzeddin.
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Small Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Rania Yehia and her troupe
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Om Kalthoum museum, 1 El-Malek El-Saleh, Roda Island (Manial), tel 02 23631467, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Waheed Mamdouh, Guitar Night with String Quartet
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Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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Fursan Al-Sharq lil Turaath wa Al-Raqs Al-Hadith (Knights of the Orient for Heritage and Modern Dance) company presents “Al-Waly” (The Prefect) show.
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Al-Gumhouriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Massar Egbary band
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River Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
8.30pm
CAIRO
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The Culturewheel Puppet Theatre show revives the concerts of late diva Oum Kalthoum, performing two of her best songs.
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Wisdom Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance
5pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Opening of Nassim el Raqs festival. The event will run until 10 May offering an on-site choreographic and interdisciplinary art practices across Alexandria
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Shalalat Garden, Children Area, Alexandria
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Lecture
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Lecture about late novelist Mohamed Iqbal
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Piano recital by Taghrid Sameh
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Odissi dancer Dona Ganguly (Photo: courtesy of the India by the Nile organizers)
Friday 6 May
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Children Theatre
6pm and 8pm
CAIRO
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Puppet theatre: Swan Lake, directed by Shoukri Abdallah
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Cairo
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Theatre
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Puppet and shadow theatre performance.
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Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo
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Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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Fursan Al-Sharq lil Turaath wa Al-Raqs Al-Hadith (Knights of the Orient for Heritage and Modern Dance) company presents “Al-Waly” (The Prefect) show.
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Al-Gumhouriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo
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Theatre
8.30pm
CAIRO
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The Culturewheel Puppet Theatre show revives the concerts of late diva Oum Kalthoum, performing two of her best songs.
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Wisdom Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Sayed Darwish Theatre (Alexandria Opera House), Alexandria
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Dance
ALEXANDRIA
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Nassim el Raqs festival. The event will run until 10 May offering an on-site choreographic and interdisciplinary art practices across Alexandria. The detailed programme and locations to be announced soon
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Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Nassim el Raqs festival runs between 5 and 10 May. (Photo: fragment from Nassim el Raqs's promotional material on Facebook)
Saturday 7 May
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ahmed El Saedi will perform “Dvořák Festival II“: Aziz El Shawan’s Overture to Isis and Osiris, Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor op.64, Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in G major op. 88. Soloist of the evening is Lidia Baich
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Main Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music/Dance
9.30pm
CAIRO
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El-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music.
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El-Ghouri Caravansary, Mohamed Abdou Street, off El-Moaz Street and Al-Azhar Street, Old Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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A joined performance by Hs Hs Clowns from Egypt and and Clowns Without Borders from France
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Jesuit Cultural Center, 298 Port Said St, Cleopatra, Alexandria
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Dance
ALEXANDRIA
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Nassim el Raqs festival. The event will run until 10 May offering an on-site choreographic and interdisciplinary art practices across Alexandria. The detailed programme and locations to be announced soon
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Alexandria
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Dance
8pm
BENI SUEF
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Beni Suef cultural palace, Beni Suef
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Cairo Symphony Orchestra (Photo: Sherif Sonbol)
Sunday 8 May
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Gatekeepers (Dror Moreh, 2014)
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NVIC Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek
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Music
7.45pm
CAIRO
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Celebrating 100th birthday of musician Aziz Al-Shawwan
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Al-Amir Taz Palace, 27 Al-Soufeieh Street, Manial, Old Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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A night of spiritual music by the Indonesian Inshad troupe.
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Qubbat Al-Ghouri (Al-Ghouri Dome), Al-Azhar, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai, performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments.
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Beit Al-Sehemi,
Al-Gamaliya, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Muaaz St, Cairo
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Dance
ALEXANDRIA
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Nassim el Raqs festival. The event will run until 10 May offering an on-site choreographic and interdisciplinary art practices across Alexandria. The detailed programme and locations to be announced soon
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Alexandria
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Al-Waly by Fursan Al-Sharq lil Turaath wa Al-Raqs Al-Hadith (Knights of the Orient for Heritage and Modern Dance) (Photo: Bassam Al Zoghby)
EXHIBITIONS this week
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Exhibition
4-22 May
CAIRO
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Allegories, a solo exhibition by Akram Fadl.
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Nile Art Gallery, 14 El-Montazah Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
24 Apr- 15 May
CAIRO
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Paintings by Hisham Abdallah
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Picasso Art Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem st., off Brazil street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
27 Apr- 11 May
CAIRO
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Painting exhibition by Amal Nasr
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Art Lounge, 37 B Ahmed Heshmat Street,,1st floor, ap.2, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
9 Apr- 6 May
CAIRO
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Max Vityk Retrospective
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Arts Mart, at KM28 on the Cairo-Alex Desert Road before Dandy Mall, behind Total Petrol Station
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Exhibition
16 Apr- 3 May
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Works by late Armenian-Egyptian cartoonist and caricaturist Alexander Saroukhan
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Al-Masar Gallery, 157 B, 26th of July Street, Ground floor, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
11 Apr- 31 May
CAIRO
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Log In, a group exhibition about social media.
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Darb 1718, Kasr El Shamaa street, El-Fakhareen, Old Cairo, behind the Hanging Church and Amr Mosque
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Exhibition
11 Apr - 9 May
CAIRO
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Time Intermezzo, by Wael Darwish in venue 1, and Ahmed Abdel Tawab in venue 2
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Zamalek Art Gallery, 1 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
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Exhibition
11 Apr- 4 May
CAIRO
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Sculpture exhibition by Sarkis Tossoonian and Alfons Louis
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Safar Khan Art Gallery, 6 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
12 Apr - 3 May
CAIRO
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Renee, painting exhibit by Guirguis Lotfy
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Art Talks, 8 El Kamel Mohamed Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
13 Apr-18 May
CAIRO
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Indelible, a photography exhibition by renowned photographer and photojournalist Randa Shaath. Read more here.
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The Photographic Gallery, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, AUC, New Cairo
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Exhibition
20 - 4 Jun
CAIRO
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Chronic, a multimedia exhibition by CIC that comprises the 2nd chapter of If Not For That Wall
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CIC, 22 Abdel Khalek Tharwat St., Downtown, Cairo
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Exhibition
20 Apr- 24 May
CAIRO
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Binary is False Idol, digital artwork by Setareh Shahbazi
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Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo
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Exhibition
21 Apr- tba
7pm
CAIRO
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Sixth edition of Special Art Salon
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Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, 2 Saad Zaghloul street, Downtown, Cairo
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Exhibit/Books 24 Apr- 23 May
ALEXANDRIA
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7th BA International Biennale for the Artist’s Book, showcasing artworks created by 73 artists from 12 different countries.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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